We knew that when Peter Gabriel’s covers album, Scratch My Back, was released, an eventual follow-up was planned. When I’ll Scratch Yours eventually sees the light of day, it’ll feature the artists covered on the original release, each taking a stab at Gabriel’s own material.

And the first sounds of that project are in. Jagjaguar just announced the release of a Bon Iver/Gabriel split 7″, which will include the latter’s cover of “Flume” (off Scratch My Back) and Justin Vernon’s take of “Come Talk to Me.”

The White Stripes‘ live documentary, Under Great White Northern Lights, begins screening this week at various theaters across the U.S., and next week marks the release of both film and its accompanying box set, which also includes a live album.

The latter is 17 tracks pulled from several different performances on that famous trek across Canada, and thanks to the good folks at NPR, we can hear all of them right now.

Whether it’s Julian Casablancas performing “I Wish it Was Christmas” with the Roots, Bright Eyes smashing the hell out of a trumpet onstage, or Ben Harper, Beck, and Billy Gibbons joining Will Ferrell and Conan for a rendition of “Free Bird,” late-night television affords us a wealth of entertaining performances (and just sheer entertainment) as far as musical guests go.

Ergo, each week, we round up every show’s scheduled performances and place them in a handy little list.

Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous has committed suicide, it is being reported. According to Rolling Stone, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist took his own life on Saturday, March 6, something confirmed by his publicist.

As we’re all aware, Broken Social Scene will release Forgiveness Rock Record on May 4. The album is set to arrive in the usual formats (digital download, CD, or LP), but the Canadian crew is also offering something special for BSS fanatics who also happen to have a little money to burn.

Forget Tim Burton. If we’re going to talk Alice in Wonderland adaptations, look no further than the latest project to come out of Snoop Dogg’s camp. The iconic rapper and producer released Malice N Wonderland in 2009, and now he’s readying a deluxe version of the highly conceptual album that comes complete with a mini-movie.

It’s been a good stretch of time (about four years) since Belle and Sebastian gave us their last proper full-length, 2006’s The Life Pursuit. The lengthy hiatus, however, is about to end, as the band just announced its seventh studio album.